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Artist’s Statement

We drove across the country and I shot a roll of film, and the photos were all a mess. Light leaks or maybe myView full post »

cut back to barely nothing

Before a year had passed, we moved from the house you died in . Or maybe you died while I stood in the streetView full post »

5 years missing him

It has been another year living this life where losing a child is reality. There was a time when I didn’t knowView full post »

The Conquerer

He tells me “I’m Arthur King, and you’re mine princess.” I have beenView full post »

Made of Mud

“I am a mother of three boys so I spend much time with mud. I have become convinced they knowView full post »

VIGIL

“How do we learn to see in the dark? It begins with a vow of watchfulness. By standing still – weView full post »

Four Years Missing Him

I need for him to still carry weight four years after he left this earth. I long to look at him, to holdView full post »

A Miracle

The words come first this time. I did not love my husband. I toyed with the wording inside my mind, trying toView full post »

when the drugs wear off

I remember easing into the car three times. My insides ripped raw, a new baby cradled next to me. I remember floatingView full post »

the Melody in the Chaos

I had a disappointing week. After hard work and recent days filled with unexpected joys and pleasant surprises, thisView full post »

“write hard and clear about what hurts”

I am writing these words to hold onto. Crafting them like a lifeboat, to carry me Pen to paper I write them intoView full post »

three years missing him

I have been walking the edge of darkness, staring into the abyss doubt grows heavy and I am afraid Afraid there mightView full post »

Joshua Tree

We finally made a pilgrimage to Joshua Tree. We left this world and entered another – that I think knows of theView full post »

Our Sweat and Tears

The sea tastes of our sweat and our tears. A deep, salty taste reaching down to all we are and can not be.            View full post »

Two Years in the Morning

I wake by the sea, snug in my bed, a little blond babe wrapped round me. Him snuggled up close, breathing soft. WakeView full post »

Home

I often write when things weigh too heavy on my shoulders to carry anymore. I lift the weight away by writing itView full post »

Mother to potted plants and a baby flown away . . .

I am a mother to potted plants and a baby flown away. Children grown in pots, filledView full post »

Shadows and Regrets

I used to pound it out, all the fear. One shoe in front of another, running through the mistyView full post »

Dry Bones Dancing

I don’t know if this will make much sense, but I have to get it out, put it down in words – this is a bitView full post »

Not Enough Love to Give

I don’t have enough love to give him and still he gives me more. my little bear He was my baby allie,View full post »

We the Grateful . 6

These surfers said they were grateful . . . Infectious joy and gratitude spilling all over the place. That’sView full post »

Dancing Rainbow

I hoped I had heard the promise. I needed a rainbow. Searched the heavens for it but couldn’t actually seeView full post »

When Love Looks Faded

We will be ten years this summer and the day of hearts and love is now upon us. I can’t untangle it all. IView full post »

I Really Hate Halloween

I really hate Halloween. Yes I have said it. I hate the taunting of and reveling in all that is dark. I hate walkingView full post »